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Meet Nick Borlie, Gainesville Parks and Rec’s skateboarding instructor
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Skateboarding instructor Nick Borlie encourages Nakoda Yoder during a lesson Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at the Gainesville Skate Park. - photo by Scott Rogers
If you’ve visited Gainesville Skate Park, chances are you’ve seen Nick Borlie. Since the space opened in the summer of 2020, the 28-year-old has spent most weeks in the park, passing down his knowledge of the board to both kids and adults. “I tell all of them to be safe and careful skateboarding because it’s dangerous sometimes, but the main thing is to have fun,” Borlie said. “That’s all it really is about. That’s why I still skateboard.”Borlie said the action sport caught his attention when he was 8 years old.